[50] I'm in the Hudson Valley, but I did visit the Syracuse area a couple of weeks ago. Caught a few games at Alliance Bank Stadium, and visited the beautiful parks out there - Green Lakes, Watkins Glen, etc.

[55] nice! i'm going to be at Penn State all weekend (my alma mater). they have a fun minor league team - State College Spikes, NY-Penn League - and a great little stadium. unfortunately, they won't be playing this weekend. i get in too late tonight and then they're on the road. i was really hoping to catch a game...

i'm sure the new Braves AAA park is excellent. and it's not far from me, but i haven't been and don't have plans to go. then again, The Ted is really really close to me and i haven't been to a game since the Yanks were in town end of June, 2009. i was there when Brains homered! (about the last time he did anything good, haha...)

leake is the young kid who started out really great last season w/out going to the minors, then got caught shoplifting this year and had a really terrible excuse about trying to return the clothes, or something - is that right?

[57] The booth explained his side earlier. It actually made sense to me and sounded like something I would do. Bought 5 shirts. Left the store. Realized they did not fit days later. When he went back to return them there was no one to be found. Left the 5 small shirts he bought and left with 5 bigger ones.
Could be bullshit. But it makes more sense than a dude making hundreds of thousands ripping off 5 stupid shirts.

[57] They caught it all on camera, and he really did try to exchange the shirts without dealing with a clerk. Maybe it's arrogant - thinking he's above waiting like the rest of us - but it wasn't theft.

[92] Hm, I might have to go with 'something' on that one. However, if he would bat ninth, right next to Gardner, there could be a relativistic effect and Frankie's batting average could actually go up if he makes a highly virtuous out. Grounding to the left side of the infield with a runner on second, say.